The Louvre celebrates the 30. Birthday of his glass pyramid with a giant work of street artist JR. “The secret of the great pyramid” is the name of the monumental installation, which is to disclose the foundations on which the on 29. March 1989 inaugurated a pyramid.
it should be the largest photo-Collage of the French. Around 400 Volunteers have been helping him for days, to glue the Cour Napoléon, the space around the pyramid, with strips of paper. The Collage is to be seen in their entirety only from the top and should be projected Friday night on canvases.
The work is of short duration. Until Sunday it should be gone. Because anyone is allowed to remove a part of the Collage and take it with you.
in 2016, had JR the pyramid with a work visually disappear. Now he brings your base to days, the of the Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming Pei designed the plant to highlight better how the Museum explained.
The glass pyramid goes back to the then socialist President François Mitterrand, and was initially highly controversial. Today it is the landmark of the world-famous Paris Museum.
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????Inaugurée le 29 mars 1989, la Pyramide de I. M. Pei s’impose désormais comme une icône dans le monde. the
Nous célébrons toute l’année cet anniversaire avec des événements populaires et festifs. #30ansPyramide
????https://t.co/rAUzU0I5Uf pic.twitter.com/8R31IHuxi1— Musée du Louvre (@Muse Louvre) 29. March 2019
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Created: 29.03.2019, 17:24 PM
